江南

江南

1. Jiangnan (a region of China, south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River)

   • 魂兮歸來，哀江南！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     魂兮归来，哀江南！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Hún xī guīlái, āi Jiāngnán! [Pinyin]

     Come home, ye soul, and take pity on thy beloved southern land!

   • 自^濟州往^江南，則頗遠，自^全羅道往^遼東，則甚近。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1593

     Ja Jeju wang Gangnam, jeuk pa won, ja Jeolla do wang Ryodong, jeuk sim geun. [Sino-Korean]

     If one heads from Jeju for Jiangnan, [the way] is rather far; if one heads from Jeolla for Liaodong, it is very close.

2. (historical) (～省) Jiangnan (a province of China), during the Qing dynasty
3. Gangnam (a neighborhood of Seoul, south of the Han River)
4. (～區) Gangnam (a district of Seoul)
5. (～市) Kōnan (a city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan)
6. (～鄉) Jiangnan (a township in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

• 江東／江东 (Jiāngdōng)
• 江西 (Jiāngxī)
• 江北 (Jiāngběi)

Others:

• → Manchu: ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠩᠨᠠᠨ (giyangnan)

From 江(こう) (kō, “river”) + 南(なん) (nan, “south”).

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːnã̠ɴ]

江(こう)南(なん) • (Kōnan) 

1. A city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

江南 • (Gangnam) (hangeul 강남)

1. Hanja form^? of 강남 (“Gangnam; Jiangnan”).